griz wrote:Topper must have had his heart in his throat watching Cody H on the breakaway.

I was hoping he would score, but according to Spud's advanced statistical analysis, that it was a scoring chance for and when Cody tee'd up the puck off Oshie's backhand to Oshie's forehand that was a scoring chance minus, Hence a statistical wash.

Don't worry folks, even though Oshie scored, Cody was a statistical Switzerland and all is good.

Topper wrote:Cody tee'd up the puck off Oshie's backhand to Oshie's forehand that was a scoring chance minus, Hence a statistical wash.

Yup, Cody and the other 3 guys in front of the net, really mucked up the coverage on that play.

Of course it could be worse, like it was for your man Andrew Ebbett, who was almost entirely responsible for the winning goal.

Not only did he fail to clear the puck, but he lost the board battle and then basically stood there in the corner by himself while the player he was supposed to be covering was left alone in front to score the winning goal.

It would be hard for any one player to be more personally responsible for a goal against then Ebbett was on that play.

This team spends too much time talking about sleep doctors, iPod on the bikes and not enough what it takes to win. Booth has been a disaster so far, a lot like Ramond but hits more. Edler is either an all star or a no show, what the hell has happened to this team?

I'd take Raymond, his dynamic puck skills and hockey sense and salary over that bum Booth any day.

"I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening? - Plastics." - The Graduate

What does it all say? THat Hodgson is a middle of the pack forward on this team so far this year. Offensively he has been above average while defensively he has been average to below average. Given he's a rookie the defensive struggles shouldn't bee too much of a surprise.

NO ONE is arguing that he has been lights out, just that this year he has been good enough to be in the lineup every day. Now if perhaps the others on the team were playing really well at this time and his play was the same as it has been an argument might be made that he shouldn't be in the lineup. Though I suspect his play would look much improved if his linemates were playing better so it may not mean a damn thing. However, the team ISN'T playing well and as such he HAS more than earned his spot in the lineup night in and night out. Clearly AV agrees more closely with Pot-hat than Top-hat as AV is putting Cody out there on 4-on-4 situations when the team needs a goal and he continues to get a regular shift.